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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioAdna Romulus JOHNSON
(1860-1938)
JOHNSON, Adna Romulus, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Sweet Springs, Saline County,
Mo., December 14, 1860; moved with his mother to a farm in Lawrence
County, Ohio, in 1864; attended the common schools; taught school
seven years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886; was
graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor in 1887 and practiced his profession in Ironton, Ohio;
prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1889; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3,
1911); was renominated without opposition in 1910 but declined to
accept; resumed the practice of law in Ironton, Ohio; also engaged
in banking and was financially interested in various manufacturing
concerns; served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association in
1933; died in Ironton, Ohio, June 11, 1938; interment in Woodland
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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